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March Liu is a broke artist who wants love more than anything but can't seem to hold onto a relationship because he's trans and ace. Then a friend introduces him to Chayton, a free-spirited street artist, they get along like a house on fire, one thing leads to another, and suddenly March realizes he has a crush on someone absolutely unattainable. Again. But the closer March gets to Chayton, the less he seems to actually know. When Chayton's biggest secret spills out in an argument, they have to take a break, and March isn't sure they even have a friendship left anymore, much less potential for anything else.

(This is more contemporary than romance, but alas, contemporary is not a genre choice.)